After a promising 4-0 start upon acquiring Eric Bledsoe, the Milwaukee Bucks have hit a bit of a slump. They’ve now lost back-to-back games to the Dallas Mavericks and the Washington Wizards with their offense failing to top even 90 points in either contest.
Bucks forward Khris Middleton has some thoughts on how the team can regain their flow offensively. He believes they should be playing more aggressively and attacking the paint more frequently to put pressure on the defense.
Middleton, post-game on how to get their flow back offensively: pic.twitter.com/AxxC4LBs4u
— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) November 21, 2017
He also wants the team to have more ball movement on offense, which they can achieve by not settling for ISOs and mid-range jumpers as much as they have recently. He took it upon himself to help get that done.
So often in the games the Bucks struggle we end up talking about how the ball wasn't moving enough that night. Asked Middleton how you fight against that: pic.twitter.com/8McXjKhURl
— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) November 21, 2017
Despite the emergence of Giannis Antetokounmpo as an offensive force, the Bucks are still very much a work in progress offensively. They often rely too much on the Greek Freak to do the work on that end of the court, which can make their attack predictable and easy to defend.
It’ll be up to head coach Jason Kidd to keep drilling his team to move the ball as Middleton suggests. The addition of Bledsoe should help since he can get to the lane almost at will. Once he gets more comfortable in the Bucks offense, he can provide that sort of aggressive style Middleton is advocating the team plays more of going forward.
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